Another milestone of sorts

[jaunthie]

I've bought myself a second pair of walking shoes. I realized that I already have over 100 miles on my current, not-so-new-anymore pair, and that shoes are supposedly only good for 500 miles or so before they start breaking down. I also realized that I'm going to walk farther than that before the 3-Day, and that it would be nice to be able to switch off shoes every-other-walk, to give them more time to air out, etcetera. So I bought a second pair of Etonics, with the not-Superfeet-but-the-other-brand-of-insert-whose-name-I-can-never-remember support inserts. And I got two different colors of reflector dots to put on the heels of each shoe, so I can tell the two pairs apart.

Part of me feels horribly consumeristic. The other part of me feels I've done the intelligent thing.

Comments

[miz-hatbox.livejournal.com]

Shoes are very smart.

You only get one pair of knees, and shoes are cheaper than physical therapy or joint replacement!

[jenboo.livejournal.com]

Amen. You only get one back, too. :o)

[jaunthie.livejournal.com]

You're both right, of course. But it still feels weird, owning two perfectly good pairs of workout shoes. I'm sure I'll get over it. :-)

[miz-hatbox.livejournal.com]

It'll just become part of the lifestyle. And then if you're like me, the worn walking shoes will become your regular shoes, and then the gardening shoes.

[hiker-chick.livejournal.com]

I got Superfeet for my hiking boots, but I never thought of getting them for my workout shoes. Hmmm.

[jaunthie.livejournal.com]

I find it makes a great deal of difference for me, but I have pronation issues. You might want to try it, just to see if it makes a positive difference for you.

[miz-hatbox.livejournal.com]

Are your shoes motion-control shoes? If you have pronation issues you can get shoes designed to deal with that.

Asics makes the best motion-control shoes I know of. Brooks has some good ones too, but I like Asics better.

[jaunthie.livejournal.com]

Asics are good, but not usually narrow enough in the heel for me. Sauconys are also good - that was my last pair - but I've found that the Etonics work best for me. Which is a pain, because there's exactly one local store that sells them that I've been able to find. But hey, it's worth the trouble.